Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules

a year ago by return2ozma to c/news

A California appeals court ruled this week that holding a phone while driving, even while looking at a map to navigate, is still illegal.
venusaur 36 points a year ago

Hasn’t this always been the law?

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neon_nova 14 points a year ago

That’s what I thought as well, but I think people kind of agreed that holding it for navigation was OK; even if it wasn’t legal.

Maybe this is just there to explicitly show that it is illegal.

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fc78 36 points a year ago

Neato, now do the 20 inch iPad where you have to go 2 menus deep to turn on your heated seats

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FinalRemix 23 points a year ago

It's exempt because it's "attached to the car".

They don't care about use or safety with these laws. They only care about ease of enforcement. "I saw you holding your phone" is a much easier ticket.

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defaultusername 3 points a year ago

It's not difficult to enforce regulations on car companies, but they provide bribes to politicians.

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supersquirrel 23 points a year ago

What about holding my car while socializing inside my phone?

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seaQueue 14 points a year ago

Only illegal if you're driving your phone

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Chozo 11 points a year ago

I'm not driving my phone, officer. I'm traveling.

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supersquirrel 3 points a year ago

Nah I have Android driving that

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Supervisor194 17 points a year ago

Mounted phones [...] are exempted

whew

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MuskyMelon 13 points a year ago

Coke in one hand and a taco in the other is still okay

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tdawg 13 points a year ago

The car just moves around me when I want to go somewhere

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ToastedRavioli 8 points a year ago

My phone lives in California; I live in the moment

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darkdemize 8 points a year ago

So looking at the phone in my lap is OK? Good to know, CA.

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RedditIsDeddit 0 points a year ago
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